Bill Pullman, Cathy Tyson, Zakes Mokae, Paul Winfield and Brent Jennings star in Wes Craven's 1988 horror film based on the book. Pullman plays anthropologist, Dennis Alan who is sent to Haiti to find a formula that is able to resurrect the dead. He learns that those who take it can still hear while not being able to move. Dennis is determined to find it and becomes thrust into a nightmare when he meets twisted voodoo priest, Dargent Peytraud (Mokae) who thrives on inflicting pain and fear onto others. Tyson plays Marielle Duchamp, a woman who helps and falls for Dennis, the late, Winfield plays other voodoo priest, Lucien Celine and Jennings (Red Heat) plays Louis Mozart, a man who makes the substance. This is a good horror flick that's underrated. Pullman is great in it and the late, Mokae was a terrific villain. I recommend this.
Review of The Serpent and the Rainbow
The Serpent and the Rainbow
(1988)
"Good, Underrated Craven Horror Flick!"
19 October 2013
Warning: Spoilers